Iran, United Nations Security Council and Gulf
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Draft resolution penned by Russia receives 4 votes in favor, 9 abstentions and 2 votes against - Anadolu Ajansı
For years, Iranian-backed militias and terror groups attacked countries, and Iran carried out attacks directly, but the regime never seemed to face any censure.
The UN Security Council on Wednesday failed to pass a draft resolution urging all parties to immediately stop their military activities and refrain from further escalation in the Middle East and beyond and condemning all attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure.
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UN Security Council adopts resolution condemning Iran attacks on Gulf states
Submitted on behalf of GCC states, Bahrain's resolution has 135 backers
As American and Israeli strikes pound the Islamic Republic and Iran attacks Persian Gulf shipping and energy infrastructure with no sign of an end to the war, oil prices have soar
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Iran envoy defends strikes on Gulf nations, calls them self-defence
Iran's Supreme Leader's representative in India, Abdul Majid Hakeem Ilahi, defended attacks on Gulf nations, calling them self-defence measures against US-backed bases. He said Tehran had warned its neighbours and was compelled to act.
Iran threatened Saturday to reduce US-linked oil facilities to "a pile of ashes" as the two-week-old Middle East war spilled over into a global oil price crisis.